Sanitary bed pan container



Aug. 30, 1938. c w BEAMER 2,128,669

SANITARY BED PAN CONTAINER Fi led Nov. 25, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 g z a Aug. 30, 1938. c. w. BEAMER I 2,128,669

I SANITARY BED PAN CONTAINER Filed Nov. 23, 1.937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor A iiorneys Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in hospital supplies and more particularly to a container in which bed pans can be carried in a sanitary and convenient manner.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a container in which one or more bed pans can be carried, especially in hospitals by nurses and orderlies, without any inconvenience to the handlers.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a bed pan carrier in which bed pans can be conveniently carried and wherein means is provided for deodorizing the contents of the bed pan or pans within the container.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of a single bed pan type of container.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a double bed pan carrier.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the valve element.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the device consists of an elongated box-like structure 5 of aluminum or some other suitable light weight material, one end of which is provided with the hinged closure 6 while the other end, 35 that is, in a, single type of container, is preferably rounded oif as at l.

The top of the shell 5 is provided with the handle 8 and adjacent this is the deodorant dispenser generally referred to by numeral 9. This dispenser consists in the provision of an internally threaded neck H] on the top of the shell 5 into which the lower portion of the barrel l I is threadedly disposed as at l2. The barrel H is provided with the horizontally disposed partition l3 about midway between its ends and this is provided centrally with an opening from the edge portion of which rises and descends the cylinder I 4 within which moves the plunger l5, which plunger I5 is slidably disposed through a packer or packing gland I 6 and is provided with a hand knob I1 at its upper end. The packing gland I6 is provided in the cap I8 which is threadedly disposed over the upper end of the-barrel II and has the filler plug l9 therein.

The cylinder 14 is provided with ports 2U above the partition l3. Depending from the plunger I5 is the stem 2| of the valve element 22 which stem has the cross pin 23 therein above the valve seating block 24 and between this pin 23 and the block 24 is interposed the coiled com- 5 pressible spring 25 which serves to maintain the valve element 22 normally engaged against the seat surface 26 of the seating block 24 so that none of the deodorant from either of the two cells 2'l28 can escape. 10

It can now be seen, that by lifting the latch 29, the closure 6 can be released so that a bed pan can be inserted into the shell 5. The handler can now press downwardly on the plunger l 5 and the shoulder 30 will move downwardly as the valve 22 becomes unseated to position itself below the ports 20. All of the contents of the cell 21 will now dispense into the bed pan for deodorizing the contents thereof. Should the nurse or orderly have two bed pans to be carried, and the double type of carrier shown in Figure 2 is being employed, the first pan can be inserted in the upper compartment of the carrier generally referred to by numeral 3| (see Figure 2) whereupon the dispenser 9 can be operated for discharging the contents of the lower cell 27 into the bed pan, after which the bed pan can be removed from the upper compartment and inserted into the lower compartment, followed by the placing into the upper compartment of the second bed pan. Obviously, when the plunger l5 has been released after the discharge of the contents of the cell 21, the plunger I5 will be returned to the position shown in Figure 4 allowing the liquid content of the upper cell 28 to 35 pass through the ports 20 and into the lower cell 21, so that when the dispenser is operated the second time for deodorizing the contents of the second pan the lower cell will be filled and immediately discharged into the said second bed pan upon opening of the valve 22.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A bed pan carrier comprising a shell-like structure defining a compartment for the reception of a bed pan, said shell-like structure having a horizontal partition dividing the interior thereof into a pair of compartments capable of receiving a pair of bed pans, and a de- 55 invention what is thereof into a pair of compartments capable of receiving a pair of bed pans, and a deodorant dispenser mounted on the shel1-like structure and having a plurality of deodorant material containing cells therein, and means for dispensing 5 the said cells successively.

CHARLES W. BEAMER. 

